NVIDIA Enhances Windows WMCE With Full Suite of Video Products

NVIDIA announced that it is delivering a full suite of video and multimedia products specifically for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2.

"Advanced video processing technologies such as PureVideo enhance the Media Center experience and give consumers a complete home theater experience on a PC," said Joe Belfiore, general manager of the Windows eHome Division at Microsoft Corp. "We applaud NVIDIA for their efforts and look forward to seeing more industry-leading video and multimedia technology from them in the future."

NVIDIA is delivering solutions that maximize the Media Center experience including:

The NVIDIA GeForce 6-series of GPUs featuring PureVideo technology, including the fanless GeForce 6600 HD design, enabling "silent" PCs

The NVIDIA GeForce 7-series of GPUs for desktop and notebook PCs, also featuring PureVideo technology and including the award-winning GeForce 7800 GTX GPU, the first GPU to deliver advanced video post
processing of high-definition content

A complete family of new NVIDIA nForce 400 series motherboard solutions featuring a GeForce 6 GPU and PureVideo high-definition processing technology built directly into the core-logic

A comprehensive family of NVIDIA Dual-Tuner Cards, enabling a higher standard in TV tuning and personal video recording on a Media Center PC

NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder, featuring 2:2 and 3:2 pull-down technology for PAL and NTSC formats, and the best DVD movie viewing quality available on a PC

The combined power of the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system and NVIDIA PureVideo technology provides a feature-rich, high-performance, rock-solid multimedia platform to take consumers directly into the digital media future.

Partners that will be featuring NVIDIA technology in their next-generation Media Center PCs, include: ABS, iBuypower, Dell Computer, FIC, Hewlett Packard, HyperSonic, Shuttle Computer, Niveus Media, Ricavision, Voodoo PC, and more.


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